Ruby Regex How to specify not to match

Question

How do you say not to match in Ruby Regex

ex. you do not want to return true if it sees 'error'

/\b(error)\b/i

I know this returns true when it sees error, how do you say 'not' in this case? thanks!

user647772 · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-26 07:16:12Z

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Use the proper Ruby operator:

/\b(error)\b/i !~ someText

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 7:16

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James Kyburz · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-26 07:18:24Z

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I would do something like the following excuse the /error/ pattern not sure exactly what you want to match here

return true unless b =~ /error/

or

return true if b !~ /error/

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 7:18

James Kyburz

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